The Examination Department said that some 577,220 candidates have sit for the examination. Of them 370,739 are school candidates while the remainder 206,481 are private candidates.

Special examination centres were set up at the Magazine Prison in Colombo and Suneetha Vidyalaya in Watareka, Padukka for those in prison custody and for children who need special care at the Ratmalana Deaf and Blind Schoo, Matara Rohana Deaf and Blind Schoo and Shivaraj Vidyalaya in Mahawewa.